The BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2006–2007 and 2007–2008 presents the latest national statistics in the monitoring of BreastScreen Australia, which aims to reduce illness and death resulting from breast cancer through organised screening to detect cases of unsuspected breast cancer in women, thus enabling early intervention.

ISSN: 1039-3307

ISBN: 978-1-74249-043-4

Cat. no: CAN 51

Pages: 105

Findings from this report:

Incidence for women aged 50–69 increased from 230 new cases per 100,000 women in 1991 to 288 per 100,000 in 2006

Participation of women aged 50–69 years decreased from 56.9% in 2005–2006 to 54.9% in 2007–2008

Participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women remained lower than non-Indigenous women, at 36%